Volunteer Service Manager Jobs in Manchester, Greater Manchester
TLC: Talk Listen, Change is seeking an engagement worker to conduct individual sessions and group work with adults experiencing homelessness who are seeking to change their harmful behaviours. In this role, you will be part of a broader partnership that delivers a range of interventions to support individuals, families, and the wider community. Your work will focus on helping clients reduce harmful behaviours and work towards safer, healthier lifestyles, and ensure clients are supported for other complex needs within a partnership approach.
The role
As an Engagement Worker, you’ll play a crucial role in transforming the lives of adults experiencing homelessness by helping them address and change harmful behaviours. You’ll identify their challenges and work to create actionable plans for improvement, collaborating with various agencies to connect them to the resources they need. With the support of senior staff, you’ll implement effective risk management strategies and serve as a mentor, delivering targeted programme materials focused on harm reduction, early intervention, and behaviour modification in both individual and group settings. This role is about stepping up and making a meaningful impact. Are you ready to take on the challenge?
About you
Are you a compassionate leader who excels in supporting adults experiencing homelessness and helping those who want to address their harmful behaviours? We’re seeking someone who can confidently deliver tailored programs to this vulnerable population, skilled at managing interactions in both one-on-one and group settings. In group scenarios, you're a team player who works alongside colleagues to model prosocial behaviour and foster a supportive environment. You've demonstrated your ability to build trust with clients and are unafraid to confront challenging or harmful behaviours directly.
Ideally, you have experience working with adults in a therapeutic setting and have a strong background in managing safeguarding concerns. You’re adept at navigating conflict and consistently bring a positive, solution-focused attitude to your work.
If you have experience supporting individuals with complex needs or are multilingual, we’re especially interested in hearing from you.
We believe in empowering our team members to excel in their roles. That’s why we offer flexible working hours around core business times, an annual Professional Development allowance, a generous annual leave package, and additional time off for your birthday, Health & Wellbeing Day, and EDI-focused Volunteering Day.
If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact and help shape a better future for our clients, we’d love to hear from you.
About us
TLC: Talk, Listen, Change is a relationships charity that has been providing support to individuals, couples, families, and communities in the North of England for over 40 years. The charity focuses on promoting emotional wellbeing through the cultivation of safe, healthy, and happy relationships. Originally serving Greater Manchester, the organisation has expanded its reach to help people all over England. TLC offer a range of services tailored to meet the diverse relationship challenges faced by the community. Our commitment to evolving our services ensures we continue to meet the growing needs of those we serve.
TLC values safe, healthy, and happy relationships both within the workplace and beyond, emphasising a culture that is safe, authentic, and person-centred, reflecting our commitment to valuing staff as much as the people we support. The organisation takes pride in being progressive and inclusive. TLC have made specific commitments to staff well-being and inclusivity, such as the Age-Friendly Employer Pledge, supporting Afro-hairstyles through the Halo Code, and endorsing the White Ribbon campaign to end men’s violence against women. These initiatives support work to build an equitable and respectful work environment.
We aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest pool, reflecting the diverse range of people we support.
We want to make our recruitment processes accessible to everyone. As standard practice we provide interview questions prior to the interview so we can concentrate on getting to know you. If there is any way that we can support you to be the best you can be, please contact us.
This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
About the role
Location: Homebased.
An opportunity for you to drive forward excellence in planning and risk within our Dementia Support & Partnerships, a large and multi-faceted directorate, featuring over 1100 employees and 2000 volunteers; all working to make a difference for those affected by dementia.
This role is responsible for the development, monitoring, and continuous improvement of the directorate’s planning and risk management processes and systems. Ensuring successful oversight and monitoring of these plans and identification and management of risks and resources related to our services, corporate partnerships functions and practice and compliance functions.
The role holder will be responsible for:
- Leading on the development of business planning with responsibility for effectively managing, reporting, and monitoring on progress against directorate and functional level plans, and understanding how these plans translate into the charity’s strategic priorities and objectives.
- Responsible for early detection of challenges, resource, capacity issues arising in forward plans, offering solutions, and contributing to directorate improvement planning.
- Monitoring and reporting on risk registers and mitigations; working with the leadership teams to identify risks and future mitigating activities through planning processes.
- Supporting early planning, coordination, and communication of findings related to internal audits applicable to the directorate; supporting with the development and monitoring of relevant improvement plans.
- Development and reporting of measurable targets and performance indicators.
About you
You will have experience of developing and monitoring multi-faceted business planning and risk processes, you will be competent and confident in leading and project managing this process working collaboratively with teams and senior leaders. Experienced in developing, analysing and using data insights and measures to inform performance against plan and future vision.
You are:
- Someone with exceptional attention to detail, methodical and able to create innovative processes that engage others.
- You will have exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
- Comfortable to lead forums and conversations with leadership teams and managers to instil confidence, trust, and purpose when it comes to planning.
- Someone that can engage and motivate others.
- A team player, supporting colleagues, collaborating with others to find solutions.
- Able to meet deadlines, to plan ahead and prioritise effectively, and deliver to timescales.
Closing date: 14th October 2024
Interview date: 23rd and 25th October 2024
About Alzheimer's Society
Dementia is the biggest health and social challenge of our time.
There are currently estimated to be 900,000 people in the UK with dementia. Many are undiagnosed and facing the realities of their condition alone.
At Alzheimer’s Society we’re working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives. We do this by giving help to those living with dementia today and providing hope for the future. We’re here for everyone living with dementia.
As a Society, we are made up of people with dementia, carers, trusted experts, campaigners, researchers and clinicians. We are the UK’s largest collective force of people with unparalleled knowledge and over 40 years of experience addressing the biggest challenges facing people living with dementia.
Our Values
We are Determined to make a difference when and where it matters most, by being passionate, focussed and making a lasting impact for people affected by dementia.
Every one of us is a Trusted expert, listening, learning and using evidence and experience. We are Better together by being open, combining our strengths, helping us to achieve more together. We are Compassionate, we are kind and honest, and we don’t shy away from challenges.
Through our values we will make the greatest difference for people affected by dementia.
Equal Opportunities
We want everyone we work with, as a colleague, volunteer, supporter, or someone we support, to feel included and that they belong at Alzheimer's Society.
We are committed to building a diverse organisation that represents the communities we serve and ensuring inclusion in everything we do. During your recruitment process we want to make sure that you bring your whole self and be at your best.
CEO Opportunity at Mentell
Due to the exponential growth in service demand and revenue streams, Mentell is seeking to recruit a CEO to oversee the charity's short/medium and long-term objectives – primarily to increase the number of men being served by its activities each week.
The successful candidate will be comfortable working in a small team and possess excellent communication skills to keep the trustee board updated.
Mentell is looking for a proven charity leader with a can-do attitude who wants to work within a dynamic and ever-changing funding landscape with the imagination and willingness to hold the vision for the charity and keep the organisation accountable to its mission.
The role requires the successful candidate to combine providing effective strategic leadership with a willingness to get their hands dirty and engage with various day-to-day tasks. At the heart of the CEO’s role will be overseeing the delivery of all Mentell programmes, including its weekly in-person and online groups and its community activities and awareness raising – all in line with the charity’s strategic aim of increasing the number of men being served; i.e. ‘Bums on Seats’.
About the Role
Experience in a VCSE leadership position is essential. The role offers an excellent opportunity to immerse yourself in a fast-growing organisation with the support and backing of a forward-thinking trustee board. You will ultimately act as the gatekeeper for all new business (bids, tenders, commissioned work) and work with the Head of Projects & Fundraising to identify and build strong ongoing partner relationships. Therefore, the successful candidate must possess the people skills to build strong connections within the existing team and be able to represent the whole charity when presenting our service.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensuring a joined-up approach between communities and programme teams leads to the delivery of a seamless journey for men, from initial awareness of their mental health needs to attendance at a circle, whether online or in-person.
- Develop, implement and continually appraise the plan for ongoing service growth – geographically and through pursuing and building new partnerships.
- Ensure that raising awareness of issues relating to men’s mental health remains a golden thread running through the charity’s entire work and communications, irrespective of whether it results in men accessing Mentell’s services or those of another organisation.
- Work with the Head of Projects & Fundraising and Community Manager to ensure a pipeline of funding from grants, philanthropy, donors and community fundraising.
- Oversee and increase the impact of effective and innovative communications via website, social media and hard-copy promotional materials.
- Take responsibility for all aspects of charity and other statutory compliance.
What We’re Looking For
- Outstanding leadership skills proven within a charitable context.
- Demonstrable ability to develop and establish new organisational processes and frameworks.
- Demonstrable track record in supporting a strategic approach to fundraising, including the production of grant applications, personal/community fundraising and building effective relationships with key funders.
- A clear understanding of and passion for raising awareness of the needs of male mental health services, including lived experience of its challenges.
- Ability to work with and facilitate the work of trustees, staff and a wide range of volunteers.
Salary and terms
- 25 hours per week, spread over four days
- Salary (pro rata) - £47,000 to £52,000 per annum.
- Based primarily in our central Stockport office.
Application Process
To Apply - Download the Recruitment Pack attached to this advertisement.
- Please provide a CV (no more than 3 sides A4) together with a supporting statement (also no more than 3 sides of A4).
- Your supporting statement should include details of why you wish to apply for the post & how you would make a difference to Mentell. It is important that you address the items on the person specification (page 8), giving examples of experience or skills wherever possible.
- Send your application (CV/Statement/Monitoring Form) by 9.00 am on Monday 7th October 2024
If you would like to discuss any aspect of this post, you can book a conversation with our Interim CEO Nick Moore - Nick will only be available from Monday 30th September.
Interviews will be held in central Stockport on 16th/17th October 2024.
Join Mentell and contribute to a significant cause at an exciting time of growth and development in our men’s mental health charity.
Please provide a CV (no more than 3 sides A4) together with a supporting statement (also no more than 3 sides of A4).
Your supporting statement should include details of why you wish to apply for the post & how you would make a difference to Mentell. It is important that you address the items on the person specification (page 8), giving examples of experience or skills wherever possible.
Send your application (CV/Statement/Monitoring Form) by 9.00 am on Monday 7th October 2024
If you would like to discuss any aspect of this post, you can book a conversation with our Interim CEO Nick Moore via the details in the recruitment pack - Nick will only be available from Monday 30th September.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Permanent with funding until 31st March 2026, subject to funding
37 hours per week
£26,269.74 per annum (plus allowances)
Location: Manchester
Benefits
Flexible working hours: 8-4, 9-5, 10-6 (to be agreed with your manager).
Family-friendly policies: Including enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave.
Season ticket loan: Interest free loan for annual or quarterly season tickets for public transport to and from work.
Pension: Stakeholder pension scheme with company-matched employee contributions of up to 8%.
Death in service benefit: Four times annual salary for all employees.
Discounted health scheme: Simplyhealth cash plan - 20% discounted rate on healthcare such as dental, optical and chiropody for yourself and your children.
Free confidential counselling service: Available to all staff and volunteers
'Xtras': Employee discount scheme offering a range of savings across groceries, fuel, clothing and holidays
We are currently looking for a Parent/Family worker, to join our dynamic, ambitious team.
A key part of this role will be your ability to ensure that you support families and carers whose children are going missing, or coming home late. You will ensure parents/carers and young people have a greater understanding of missing, exploitation and are supported to effectively safeguard their child/ren.
This work will involve complex multi-agency safeguarding, safety planning with families, socio-educative work with parents/carers, trauma-informed practice and advocacy.
The Children's Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 140 years. We run local services that support children when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help. We're there for children, every step of the way.
This role sits within our Manchester Missing Service, where we support young people who go missing from home, and parents and carers of those missing children. We provide one-to-one and group support, and your role will help us to maintain and develop innovative practice to support our work.
KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
In order to be successful in this role, you must have:
-Experience of working with families
-Empathy and relationship building skills.
-Negotiation and influencing skills
-Ability to plan and manage own workload
-Communication skills - specifically for:
-Communicating with young people and parent/carers where there may be barriers i.e. language/learning needs
-Communicating around sensitive issues
-Communicating with a range of professionals and stakeholders
-Presentation and facilitation skills and ability to produce publicity and educational materials
-An ability to monitor, record and evaluate the work of the project
-IT skills, particularly using Microsoft Office software package and case recording systems online
The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children's lives happier and safer.
Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.
The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.
Therefore, candidates applying for work in our Youth Impact Domain will be required to complete an “Employment history_template” document prior to interview. The fully completed document should be loaded by the candidate at the point of uploading your CV.
If you have any inquiries, or want to hear more about the role, please contact Jill Masters-Smith on 07850 501049, [email protected] (Wednesday-Friday)
The closing date for applications is 21st October 2024. If after 14 days we have received enough applications we reserve the right to close this vacancy from the 7th October onwards.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Internal Communications Officer
We have an exciting opportunity for an Internal Communications Officer to join a dynamic and ambitious team, delivering the best work of your life for people affected by stroke.
Applications from individuals who are seeking flexible working options, including reduced hours or job shares are welcomed.
Position: POD36 Internal Communications Officer
Location: Home-based, UK, Nationwide (However, frequent travel will be required as part of this role (it will include team meetings to London and Birmingham)
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week (flexible working available)
Salary: Circa £30,700 per annum (inner London weighting £3,950 per annum or outer London weighting £2,100 per annum may be applied in accordance with where you live)
Contract: This is maternity cover until 31 December 2025
Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.
Closing Date: Sunday 29 September 2024. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Interview Date: week commencing 14 October 2024
Interviews will be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application.
The Role
The People Experience Team describes, influences, and grows our culture and experience here. It’s at the heart of what we do, and our values express how we go about our jobs every day.
As an Internal Communications Officer, you’ll partner with colleagues to design, curate and craft great internal communications for volunteers and staff to drive a great experience.
You will:
· Write clear, transparent and accessible messages for different audiences to help staff and volunteers get what they need while volunteering or at work.
· Be an expert in using our network of internal communication channels (including Viva Engage, Teams, Zoom, DotDigital and an intranet) encouraging staff and volunteers to connect with, and feel connected to, the charity, our strategy, and our work.
· Respond to general queries such as technical fixes, proofreading, improving channels, pulling reports, while working at pace.
· Collaborate and coach others to understand the real problem or opportunities to help them achieve their communication goals.
About You
You’ll have:
· Experience working in an internal or external communications team.
· Experience using a wide range of internal communications channels to engage a large/multi-team and remote working workforce.
· Excellent writing skills, using audience understanding and insight to craft messages.
· The ability to develop, design and execute an internal communications plan to meet people’s needs.
· An understanding of workplace culture, experience and communication principles.
· An understanding of coaching techniques to help others find solutions.
To fulfil the role, you must be resident in the UK and have the right to work in the UK.
Please submit your CV, (including details of your current address), and a supporting statement of no more than two pages, demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience.
Please state any preferences for flexible options in your covering letter. Applications from individuals who are seeking flexible working options, including reduced hours or job shares are welcomed.
Stroke Association
Finding strength through support
When stroke strikes, part of your brain shuts down. And so does a part of you. That’s because a stroke happens in the brain, the control centre for who we are and what we can do. It happens every five minutes in the UK and changes lives instantly. Recovery is tough, but with the right specialist support and a ton of courage and determination, the brain can adapt.
We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there.
We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives.
The Stroke Association is the only charity in the UK providing lifelong support for all stroke survivors and their families. We provide tailored support to tens of thousands of stroke survivors each year. This support includes one-to-one and group support, funding vital scientific research into stroke prevention, acute treatment, recovery and long-term care, and campaigning to secure the best care for everyone affected by stroke.
We’re here for stroke survivors and their loved ones, from the moment they enter the new and frightening post-stroke world, supporting them every step of the way as they find their strength and their way back to life.
It’s only thanks to the generosity of our supporters and donors that we can provide vital support.
We’re working to improve the diversity of our people. We know that individuality leads to a richer experience for our people and better support for all those affected by stroke.
We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. We’re particularly looking to increase the number of applications from those with lived experience of stroke, and those from under-represented communities.
You may also have experience in areas such as Internal Communications, Communications, Marketing and Communications, Digital Communications, Marketing, Communications, Marketing and Communications, Digital Communications, Internal Communications Officer, Communications Officer, Marketing and Communications Officer, Digital Communications Officer, Marketing Officer, Communications Officer, Marketing and Communications Officer, Digital Communications Officer.
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
The vacancy
We help young people to build life-long belief in themselves, supporting them to take on their own challenges, follow their own passions and discover talents they never knew they had. Because when you prove yourself that you’re ready for anything nothing can hold you back.
Do you want to be part of that?
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) is a world leading youth charity which gives young people the chance to develop skills for work and life.
Our structured programmes of volunteering, physical and skills-based challenges inspire, guide, and encourage young people to widen their experiences and learn new skills.
Through a licensing process, we partner with youth organisations and support them in their delivery of our programmes to their young people. These organisations range from schools and colleges to local authorities, charities, secure units, and community organisations.
Through our current five-year strategy Youth Without Limits, we are working to ensure the DofE is open to all young people aged 14-24 across the UK, and that our participants reflect the most diverse generation of young people ever.
What is the role?
This a 12 Month Maternity contract.
Working within our values and behavioural framework, the role involves closely managing the relationships of our partner organisations (known as Licensed Organisations – LOs) and ensuring those within your portfolio offer quality and inclusive DofE programmes to young people.
While managing these relationships across your portfolio area in Newcastle, Northumberland and South Tyneside, you will also identify and develop new relationships with appropriate educational and community organisations to widen the access of the DofE to young people, particularly those who experience marginalisation.
You will be undertaking regular meetings, in person and virtually, engaging with a wide variety of stakeholders at different levels within different organisations across your portfolio area. When not out at meetings, you will be working from home.
Whilst you won’t be working directly with young people, you will have the satisfaction of knowing that you are having a positive impact on their future opportunities.
What are we looking for?
We are looking for a team player who has a passion for the development of young people and who will be enthusiastic, who can engage and influence a variety of stakeholders and who will be an authentic ambassador for the DofE.
You will need to have good communication and interpersonal skills to engage with internal and external stakeholders and have the skills to inspire and influence them to enable young people to participate in DofE.
To undertake the role, you’ll need to be exceptionally organised, have the ability to prioritise your workload, meet deadlines and have excellent administrative skills, being both computer literate and competent in MS Office applications.
We are looking for someone who has a positive outlook and who will actively contribute to our team.
The role will be mixture of home based and field based. The successful application should live within, or very close to, the portfolio area of Newcastle, Northumberland and South Tyneside with a full driving/motorbike licence and access to a vehicle.
What will you get in return?
The opportunity to work for a successful and dynamic charity that has the development of young people at its heart and the wellbeing and development of its people constantly in focus.
You will be joining a team of empowered colleagues working together.
We offer excellent staff benefits including a generous pension contribution, an employee assistance programme, healthcare cash plan, life assurance and volunteer leave. Also, 25 days holiday, plus Bank Holidays and an additional 3 days paid leave between Christmas and the New Year with the opportunity to buy additional annual leave, and access to many additional benefits.
How to apply
If you feel excited by this role and believe you have the necessary skills and experience to become a valued team member, please go to our website and apply.
The deadline for applying for this role is Midnight on Sunday 29th September 2024.
Successful applicants will be invited to attend an interview during the week commencing 7th October 2024. Interviews will be held in person, venue TBC.
If you would like to access the application form in a different format or if would like any assistance that might help improve your experience while completing the application, please contact us.
The DofE are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. All successful applicants will be required to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. (e.g. DBS/PVG or similar), including references covering any gaps of employment/education, confirm eligibility to work in the UK and complete a health check.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Greater Manchester Youth Federation (“GMYF”) is looking for 2 part time Youth Workers who will work with young people at their Partington and Charlestown Youth Centres.
About GMYF
GMYF is a long-established charity that works with young people across Greater Manchester, to support their aspirations and create opportunities. Our mission is to deliver a year-round programme of recreational and educational opportunities to young people, volunteers and leaders within our stand-alone centres and to provide support to affiliated clubs.
GMYF opened our first Youth Centre in Partington in September 2022 and have recently opened a new Youth Centre in Charlestown. These Centres provide support for young people with a wide range of activities and make a real difference. We also jointly own an Outward Activities Centre in Cumbria – Ormside Mill. GMYF has ambition to continue to do more for young people, with its own assets and through funding opportunities. Now is a fantastic time to get involved with us and support our work!
To find out more about us, please visit the Greater Manchester Youth Federation website.
The Role
The role of a GMYF Youth Workers to be young person centred, providing a nurturing, safe and supporting environment for the young people, building and maintaining positive relationships with them. You will be based at either Partington or Charlestown Youth Centres working with 9-16 year olds. You will support the Youth Activities Lead in planning and delivering a full programme of activities including centre-based, as well as supporting our outdoor adventure team with outdoor activities and residentials.
Key areas of focus for the Youth Worker will be:
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Support the young people: always take a young person-centred approach to all activities. Maintain the ethos of the organisation by providing a nurturing, safe and supporting environment. Build and maintain positive relationships with the young people, recognising their different needs and starting points. Have strong commitment to the values of acceptance and respect within youth work. Be a positive role model for the young people. . Encourage young people to take an active role in social action projects youth voice and young leader activities.
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Assist the Youth Activities Lead: work together with the team in planning and delivery of full programme of activities, including evening youth club sessions. Assist in the development and introduction of additional activities eg twilight sessions, drop ins, youth voice, targeted group work, mentoring. Identify the formal and informal educational, social, cultural and recreational needs of the young people and plan a programme of positive interventions and innovations which enhances the knowledge, awareness and personal development of the young people. Articulate and record young people’s progression in sessional and project recording documentation and provide information for management and funding reporting.
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Residentials: Attend weekend residentials and events at the GMYF’s outdoor pursuits centre and encourage the young people to get involved. Support and assist with the planning and delivery of off-site trips/activities and residentials at various locations.
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Safeguarding: comply with all policies and procedures relating to safeguarding, codes of conduct, health and safety, and equality and diversity. Be alert to issues of safeguarding and child protection, ensuring the welfare and safety of youth club members is promoted and prioritized. Report any concerns and participate in Safeguarding training.
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Represent Greater Manchester Youth Federation: Ensure conduct is professional and represents GMYF in a positive manner to internal and external visitors, working with a wide range of local partners and community organisations.
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Continued Personal Development: Commit to your own training and development, accessing available training including youth work specific courses. GMYF to assist CPD.
About You
We are looking for candidates who believe in GMYF’s mission and are experienced in working with young people. You will be able to build positive relationships with young people, always taking a young person centred approach. You will have experience planning and delivering activities, and bring creative and innovative ideas to share for young people. You will have good team working and organisational skills, understanding of safeguarding, and willingness to undertake further training.
Other Requirements
The post is subject to a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check.
This is a UK-based post and applicants must be living in and have the right to work in the UK. If applicable, please detail your Visa status in your covering email.
Equality and diversity matter to us. If you think you would be suitable for the role, we would love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality.
Please note, when applying, you will apply via our HR team at Ashfield HR and will be taken to their vacancy page to apply.
Commercial Development Consultant
Location: Homebased
Department: Trading Support
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 35
Salary: £40,982.00
Who are we?
The National Union of Students (NUS) is a voluntary membership organisation which makes a real difference to the lives of students and its member students' unions.
We are a confederation of over 440 students’ unions representing just under 4m students and apprentices across Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales. In Scotland, there are over 40 students’ associations representing 460,000 students.
We do professional differently. We are a progressive charity representing students’ unions across the UK. The sector is inclusive, fun, dynamic and representative and we put students and students’ unions at the heart of everything we do. We are challenging but are committed to creating a supportive and flexible environment which pushes your personal development in your everyday activity.
What we do
NUS Services Limited (NUSSL) is the leading purchasing group serving students’ unions and the educational sector.
NUS Services being the commercial arm of the National Union of Students, resourcing the student movement through three core services: purchasing, commercial development and infrastructure support.
Owned by students’ unions and NUS, all of NUS Services work is membership-led and driven by powerful commercial intelligence, making it the gateway to the student market.
What’s the job?
We are searching for a talented commercial operator to join the team as Commercial Development Consultant. The role is fast paced, working with students’ union commercial teams around the UK, with frequent travel and some nights away involved.
A key part of the role is to initiate, grow and maintain engaging relationships with member students’ union commercial teams across retail, licensed hospitality and food service environments to enable them to grow their profitable contribution in a compliant, insight-led way.
The role has responsibility for implementing our inhouse compliance programmes, ensuring improved understanding and awareness to create programme longevity and continued benefits for both members and suppliers.
Our members take part in the Best Bar None accreditation, demonstrating that their licensed spaces are being operated in a safe and responsible manner. The role holder would therefore become a Best Bar None assessor and complete a number of in person assessments during the year.
Who you are
A talented operator who has experience in the commercial world of hospitality (catering and licensed), retail experience would be a bonus, either within a Students’ Union or a high street operator.
You will have held roles where you can demonstrate a vast knowledge of operating commercial outlets whilst controlling costs, managing margins, and delivering great operating standards.
Understanding the market is key as you’ll be helping our member students’ unions to interpret current trends and develop them into successful action within member commercial operations.
Having a good eye for detail and understanding the need for compliance comes easy to you, along with the skill to challenge where non-compliance may be apparent, so you’ll have strong interpersonal and influencing skills and be a good communicator.
Why apply?
As well as a great place to work, we offer a range of benefits including:
- Generous holiday entitlement (starting at 27 days per year rising with service to 30 days, pro rata for part time)
- Enhanced sick, maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption pay
- Health Cash Plan
- Pension scheme with employer matched contributions up to 6%
- Employee Assistance Scheme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Childcare Allowance
- Paid volunteering days – three days per year for full time staff
Committed to Inclusion
We’re committed to equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, or disability. You can be yourself here whoever you are, be proud of the work you do and build a career in a place that knows different is good.
We recognise that candidates from Black, Asian and Minoritised-Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds are under-represented in our organisation, and that there are often additional barriers present for people from these groups when applying for roles in the charity sector and beyond. We are committed to taking positive action to expand the diversity of our staff team, and if you meet the essential criteria for a role and are from a BAME background, you'll be guaranteed a first stage interview. It is important to note that this scheme guarantees an interview for candidates who meet the minimum criteria and tell us that they'd like to be considered under the scheme. The selection decision at interview will be based on the most suitable candidate, regardless of any protected characteristic.
Please apply via our online application form, we are unable to accept CVs.
Closing date for applications is Sunday 29th September 2024 (23:59).
If you’re successfully shortlisted, we’ll see you at an interview on Thursday 10th October 2024.
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Job Title: TACT Connect Engagement Practitioner
Salary: £19,693 Per Annum + £450 Per Annum Home Working Allowance + £2,400 LW (if eligible)
Hours & Contract: Permanent Contract - 21 Hours per week (Tuesday to Thursday)
Location: Homebased anywhere in UK (with travel required)
As a ‘not for profit’ organisation, TACT puts the needs of our children and carers first and look to appoint individuals who are as passionate about fostering as we are. We are a homeworking organisation, and we pride ourselves on our flexible working opportunities, available from day one, an extensive wellbeing programme and our benefits package, all curated to nurture a healthy work life balance for all our employees so they can give an excellent service to our carers and the young people and children we care for.
As a foster care charity, TACT invests all surplus income into services, staff, carers, and child development. This means that we have been able to invest unique projects such as our Connect Community, and Education and Health Teams, providing personalised specialist support to ensure all our children and young people's rights are met by professionals in those fields. Additionally, all our activities are built on our commitment to becoming a fully trauma informed organisation, in line with our key values and ethos.
TACT achieved 16th place in the UK Best Companies Work For survey results in 2023, with 91% of employees acknowledging that the organisation is run on strong values and principles and 94% stating they feel proud to work for this organisation.
TACT Connect, our community for those care-experienced, are seeking a Community Engagement & Wellbeing Worker as part of our amazing team of professionals working with our organisational values at the heart of their everyday practice. You can review our values here.
The Community Engagement Practitioner will be an essential contact and facilitator for existing scheme members. The post holder will provide consistency and enthusiasm across all activities while ensuring all practices are underpinned by co-creation, delivery and future development of the scheme by the members of Connect. This is an exciting opportunity to be alongside our members and to provide day-to-day practical support, signposting, and safe spaces for membership interaction. By joining our team at this time, you will be an integral part of our team, in that you will be part of co-creating a Community for Life.
Whilst being homebased, the Community Engagement Practitioner will be required to work flexibly including regular evening working and occasional weekends as well as travelling for team meetings, member events, training and other in person events.
The main role requirements for this role include:
- A degree in social work or similar equivalent qualification / experience.
- A minimum of 2 years’ experience of working with children and young people and adults from the age of 15 years upwards.
- Experience of developing and maintaining community spaces.
- Experience of developing and maintaining relationships with, providing support for and serving as a positive role model to care experienced people.
- Experience of using digital technologies to engage and communicate with members / stakeholders.
- A good understanding of safeguarding and knowledge of fostering and care experience.
- Excellent communications and facilitation skills, with a variety of audiences, through various medium and in person
- Willingness to work flexibly according to the needs of the scheme members and activities
- Willingness to travel and occasionally stay overnight, for events around the UK
TACT offer an excellent employee benefits package including:
- 31 days paid holiday plus bank holidays (pro rata if part time).
- Flexible working arrangements (including compressed hours, flexibility around core hours, and volunteer days policy).
- Family-friendly policies.
- Homeworking ‘bundle’ including annual allowance of £750, IT equipment and a loan for home office set up.
- Stakeholder pension scheme (salary sacrifice) and life insurance from day one.
- Employee Assistance Programme (including free CBT counselling, remote GP appointments, physiotherapy, mental health support and second opinions).
- Fantastic professional learning and personal development opportunities.
An Enhanced DBS clearance is required for this role and will be processed by TACT on your behalf.
Application Process:
- Closing Date: Midnight on Monday 14th October 2024
- Interview Date: Friday 25th October 2024 (via Microsoft Teams)
Safeguarding is everyone’s business and TACT believes that only the people with the right skills and values should work in social work. As part of TACT’s commitment to safeguarding, we properly examine the skills, experience, qualifications, and values of potential staff in relation to our work with vulnerable young children. We use rigorous and consistent recruitment approaches to help safeguard TACT’s young people. All our staff are expected to work in line with TACT’s safeguarding policies.
TACT does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
About the role
Location: Community based in Greater Manchester with some homeworking elements.
Contract: Fixed term contract for 12 Months
We are hoping to welcome a passionate and knowledgeable Dementia Adviser to work in Manchester. This is an amazing opportunity to have a rewarding career providing support and guidance to people living with or affected by dementia.
We strive to help maintain independence, improving sense of well-being, and putting people in more control of their own lives. We promote a person-centred service so that our support is unique to each individual, based upon their own aspirations and needs.
This role requires you to work passionately to provide advice, support and guidance to people affected by dementia. You will support people affected by or living with dementia with the tools and knowledge to make informed decisions about their future.
You will be:
- Offering a vital and compassionate service providing information, signposting and emotional and practical support to people affected by dementia.
- Managing referrals and caseloads.
- Establishing and maintaining good working relationships with external organisations.
- Facilitating information and awareness raising events, delivering talks and presentations to public audiences.
About you
We are looking for:
- Someone who has working experience of assessing people face to face with an ability to assess their needs
- Deliver advice and guidance with a non-judgmental approach and outstanding communication skills
- Strong organisational and time management skills to manage your caseload of clients effectively
- Good IT skills, along with good understanding of/experience of client confidentiality, data protection and record keeping
- It is essential that you are able to travel independently across Greater Manchester, with an expectancy to attend regular meetings across the whole area
- An understanding of dementia and the needs of those living with dementia and their carers would be an advantage
- Confidence in public speaking and ability to deliver presentations
Closing date: 3rd October 2024
Interview date: 9th and 10th October 2024, TBC
Dementia is the biggest health and social challenge of our time.
There are currently estimated to be 900,000 people in the UK with dementia. Many are undiagnosed and facing the realities of their condition alone.
At Alzheimer’s Society we’re working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives. We do this by giving help to those living with dementia today and providing hope for the future. We’re here for everyone living with dementia.
As a Society, we are made up of people with dementia, carers, trusted experts, campaigners, researchers and clinicians. We are the UK’s largest collective force of people with unparalleled knowledge and over 40 years of experience addressing the biggest challenges facing people living with dementia.
Our Values
We are Determined to make a difference when and where it matters most, by being passionate, focussed and making a lasting impact for people affected by dementia.
Every one of us is a Trusted expert, listening, learning and using evidence and experience. We are Better together by being open, combining our strengths, helping us to achieve more together. We are Compassionate, we are kind and honest, and we don’t shy away from challenges.
Through our values we will make the greatest difference for people affected by dementia.
Equal Opportunities
We want everyone we work with, as a colleague, volunteer, supporter, or someone we support, to feel included and that they belong at Alzheimer's Society.
We are committed to building a diverse organisation that represents the communities we serve and ensuring inclusion in everything we do. During your recruitment process we want to make sure that you bring your whole self and be at your best.